Ina Garten's weirdest endorsement request, April Bloomfield's childhood ambition, and more fun facts we never knew about some of our favorite women in food.

Cherry Bombe, the biannual magazine about women and food, hosted its second annual Jubilee conference in New York City yesterday. Chefs and food personalities like Ina Garten, Padma Lakshmi, April Bloomfield, and Mimi Sheraton were among those who spoke about topics as diverse as modernist cuisine, eating healthy in food deserts, and meditation (you read that right!). Here's what we learned from the day's talks and panels.

Ina Garten curses (and still manages to stay classy while doing it!). When recounting the time she got asked (and declined) to endorse a line of fertilizer, the Barefoot Contessa said, "Really? You want me to endorse your sh*t?" For the record: It made us love her a little bit more.

Before she became the famed chef behind spots like The Breslin and the Spotted Pig, April Bloomfield dearly wanted to be a police officer. "I basically wanted to eat a lot of doughnuts and drive a cop car," said the Cagney and Lacey fan.

There is such a thing as "healthy" soul food—just look inside Caroline Randall Williams'Soul Food Love cookbook. The poet and former schoolteacher is trying to bring the fresh-food ethos to the Mississippi Delta food desert. "It's not all-in or all-out," she says of her philosophy on eating well. "If all you can find is frozen vegetables, fill your freezer with them."

You can eat gluten-free at Disneyland.Danielle Walker, author of the popular blog Against All Grain, discovered this on a recent visit. Chefs at various restaurants within the theme park came out to her table and walked her through the menu and gluten-free options. She said this is something Disney does with all guests that have dietary restrictions.

Top Chef judge Padma Lakshmi said she spent years feeling like an impostor on the cooking competition show, where everyone else had some kind of professional experience in the food industry. That is, until she overheard Le Bernardin's Eric Ripert telling someone on set that she had one of the most sensitive palates he'd ever encountered. (She wasn't supposed to hear, but she never forgot it.)

Anjana Shanker, one of the chefs at Nathan Myhrvold's Modernist Cuisine, found her job through Craigslist.

NYC's main jail complex, Rikers Island, has a culinary arts program. Former Rikers Island teacher Jordyn Lexton works with formerly incarcerated young adults to develop similar skills through the Snowday Food Truck, where youths learn all aspects of running a food truck business.

Before founding her popular gluten-free bakery BabyCakes, Erin McKenna considered being a professional waitress. She loved serving at a Williamsburg restaurant so much, she says, "I was ready to be a career waitress."​